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Private WILLIAM JOSEPH GORTON

Service Number: G/25680
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Fusiliers

16th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 06 November 1918

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HIGHGATE CEMETERY

163. 41168.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Rose Gorton, of 28, Everton Rd., Addiscombe, Croydon, and the late William Joseph Gorton. Born at Kentish Town, London.
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Buried or commemorated at

HIGHGATE CEMETERY
London United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 321
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